Meet Dr. Julie Gurbacki, DC, CSCS

How Two Accidents Changed My Life

Hi, I’m Dr. Julie Gurbacki. Two accidents changed my life, and led me to a deeper appreciation of the body’s innate ability to heal.

My First Turning Point

At 15, I was stung by a box jellyfish. It nearly killed me.

I had seen chiropractors since I was a kid, but this was different. The chiropractor treating me didn’t just adjust my spine: she used supplements and muscle testing to re-balance my whole body during recovery.

I started asking questions: “How does this muscle testing work? Why these specific supplements?”

Something clicked. Chiropractic could do so much more than I’d understood. Still, I wasn’t planning to become a chiropractor.

The Second Turning Point

Years later, I was working as a personal trainer in Montana. One summer, a boating accident left me with severe whiplash and a concussion. It was so bad that I had to stop training clients.

During treatment, my chiropractor said, “You’d be really good at this. Have you ever thought about chiropractic school?”

I hadn’t. But I thought, “Why not? I’ve got nothing to lose.”

I applied to Palmer College of Chiropractic—the original chiropractic school. Never thought I’d get in.

I got in.

After graduating from Palmer, I built a practice around what I learned from those two accidents: that healthcare works best when someone takes the time to look at the whole picture—your spine, your labs, your nutrition, your stress.

Why It Matters

Growing up, I watched family members take medications that kept symptoms at bay but never made them actually better. I was on them myself as a teenager.

Though medications have their place, most conventional medicine puts a bandaid on your symptoms and expects you to manage them forever. That’s not healing.

Here’s what I offer instead: We find out why your body’s out of balance, so you can finally feel like yourself again.